I have damm awful insomnia.
Given a holiday from work my sleep patterns become wildly erratic through day and
night.
It's not the sort of insomnia produced by stress, gloom or anxiety either.
I just cant turn off my mind.
For example, it is 5:26am in the UK now, I went to bed at roughly 2:40am and have
not slept.
In the time between I have thought about the following:
- Posting this forum topic
- The project I am working on
- The book I am reading and the book I read before that one
- My replies to a forum topic
- My recent connection problems
- Insomnia (oh the irony!)
- Skin care (cracked lips this winter)
- Chemistry (trying to remember why nitroglycerin is explosive and what the difference between sugars/starches and oil-hydrocarbons is)
- The lass I might be entertaining tomorrow *edit* Gah! today!
- Sentence structure (I suspect I use commas and clauses incorrectly)
That's just tonight, another night it could be any other set of conundrums.
So, now i have a full day tomorrow and a bus to catch early, my mind does not
even remotely feel like turning off, but no doubt it will as soon as I get into town
and I
need to stay awake.
I get plenty of exercise, am in good physical health and don't general drink caffeine
in the afternoon or night.
It's not that I'm not relaxed, it's just that when I am relaxed, I think.
Occasionally I meditate (not half as often as I would like, must make more time for
it). And I can empty my thoughts then, but it requires concentration that prohibits
sleep.
Any help guys? Whats the trick?
I envy people who can sleep anywhere, anytime. You chaps are very lucky!
Oh, by the way, don't let me fool you into thinking I am a great thinker. Great thinkers have great
thoughts. I just have lots of thoughts; no great ones. 